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Cytokine responses and sudden infant death syndrome: genetic, developmental, and environmental risk factors.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Dec 2005
Blackwell C Caroline, Moscovis Sophia M, Gordon Ann E, Al Madani Osama M, Hall Sharron T, Gleeson Maree, Scott Rodney J, Roberts-Thomson June, Weir Donald M, Busuttil Anthony
Abstract excerpt
Despite the success of the campaigns to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), it still remains the major cause of postneonatal mortality. The incidence of SIDS is higher among ethnic groups in which there are also high incidences of serious infectious diseases. The risk factors for SIDS parallel those for susceptibility to infection, and recent data have provided evidence to support the...
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